FOCUS/REVIEW QUESTION: FILL OUT YOUR CLASS EVALUATION - PLEASE BE HONEST & HELPFUL!

LEARNING TARGETS:

• What does our treatment of the mentally ill say about our society's view of mental illness?
• How should the mentally ill be taken care of in regards to treatment? Who should pay for this?

AGENDA:

• SENIORS - TURN IN YOUR UNUSED HW & BATHROOM PASSES.
• TURN IN YOUR TEXTBOOKS! First see me to get your textbook condition form and make sure you're returning the correct book number. Then put it on the stack on the counter.
  
  
• What happens to the menally ill when we close down state run hospitals?
  • Watch Frontline Video: The New Asylums (60 minutes) – Complete New Asylums Questions as you watch.

ASSIGNMENTS:

• Get your movie permission slip signed ASAP
• TURN IN YOUR TEXTBOOKS! First see me to get your textbook condition form and make sure you're returning the correct book number. Then put it on the stack on the counter.
• FILL OUT YOUR CLASS EVALUATION - PLEASE BE HONEST & HELPFUL!

UPCOMING ASSIGNMENTS:

FOCUS/REVIEW QUESTION: Should it be the state government's responsibility to care for mentally ill people that are too poor to care for themselves? Why or why not?

LEARNING TARGETS:

• What does our treatment of the mentally ill say about our society's view of mental illness?
• How should the mentally ill be taken care of in regards to treatment? Who should pay for this?

AGENDA:

• TURN IN YOUR TEXTBOOKS! First see me to get your textbook condition form and make sure you're returning the correct book number. Then put it on the stack on the counter.
  
  
• TREATMENT TODAY FOR THE MENTALLY ILL:
  • Finish Watching Frontline Video: The New Asylums (60 minutes) – Complete New Asylums Questions as you watch.
  • Should it be the state government's responsibility to care for mentally ill people that are too poor to care for themselves? Why or why not?
  • Do we as a society have an obligation to help those who are released from prison with a mental illness?
  • Is there a better way? Enhanced Treatment for the Mentally Ill:
    • Bridgeview Manor - a place other than prison for people to go. If video doesn't play, click here to learn about this place (6 min)
    • San Diego County jails make changes to treat mentally ill inmates, curb suicides - article & 3 min video..
      
      
• Are there any other systems that could prevent the constant return of inmates after they are parolled? (Complete handout as we watch)
• German Prison System's Emphasis on Rehabilitation (13 min)*
• Could this system be used in an America? Connecticut Prison tries German system (13 min)*
• What are other prison systems like?
  • Norwegian Prison System (10 min)
  • Head of Attica visits Nordic Prison (6 min)
  • Breaking the Cycle (11min) - Attica Prison of New York is compared to Norwegian Prison.

ASSIGNMENTS:

• Get your movie permission slip signed ASAP
• TURN IN YOUR TEXTBOOKS! First see me to get your textbook condition form and make sure you're returning the correct book number. Then put it on the stack on the counter.
• Those who need to take the exam due to absences, please see me to arrange when you want to take it.

UPCOMING ASSIGNMENTS:

• EXTRA CREDIT: NY Times Article: When Prison and Mental Illness Amount to a Death Sentence
  

FOCUS/REVIEW qUESTION: If a person is a danger to themselves or others due to mental illness, what can be done for them?

LEARNING TARGETS:

• What are the difficulties that families of the mentally ill find when they seek out treatment for their sick family member?
• How does our failure to address the lack of mental health care in society contribute to things like mass shootings?
• What are some examples of programs that are working well in their treatment of the mentally ill?

AGENDA:

• HAVE YOU TURNED IN YOUR TEXTBOOK YET? PLEASE DO SO ASAP!
• Watch the following videos and complete this handout on Problems with the Treatement of the Mentall Ill.
• What is available to families looking to help seriously mentally ill family members?
  • 60 Minutes: Nowhere To Go (14 min) (60 minutes website on this story)
  • 60 Minutes: The Stigma of Raising a Child with Mental Illness (6 min)
    
    
• What's the danger in not providing good care to the seriously mentall ill?
  • 60 minutes: Imminent Danger (14 min) (60 minutes website on this story)
    
    
• What's happening in Chicago & at the Cook County Jail with their mentally ill inmates?
  • Mental Health Behind Bars - an example in Chicago (24 min)
    
    
• EXTRA CREDIT: NY Times Article: When Prison and Mental Illness Amount to a Death Sentence

ASSIGNMENTS:

• Get your movie permission slip signed and turned for MONDAY! - Last chance to do so!
• TURN IN YOUR TEXTBOOK! - If you didn't today.

FOCUS/REVIEW QUESTION: Ever been "forced" into doing something you knew was wrong but did it anyway? What social & psychological factors influenced you?

LEARNING TARGETS:

• What principles that we've learned in psychology are being used to create this situation?

AGENDA:

• Pass out Exam Waiver Permission Slip - Please get signed and turned in to me if you do not want to have to come in on our designated exam day.
  
  
• Derren Brown: The Push - What principles that we've learned in psychology are being used to create this situation?

ASSIGNMENTS:

• Exam Waiver Permission Slip - Please get signed and turned in to me if you do not want to have to come in on our designated exam day.

UPCOMING ASSIGNMENTS:

FOCUS/REVIEW QUESTION: Do you think you would fall victim to the social influencing that Derren Brown is putting on his subject?

LEARNING TARGETS:

• What principles that we've learned in psychology are being used to create this situation?

AGENDA:

• Finish Derren Brown: The Push - What principles that we've learned in psychology are being used to create this situation?
• IF TIME ALLOWS: Start watching A Beautiful Mind – complete handout as you watch.

ASSIGNMENTS:

• Exam Waiver Permission Slip - Please get signed and turned in to me if you do not want to have to come in on our designated exam day.

UPCOMING ASSIGNMENTS:

FOCUS/REVIEW QUESTION:

• Turn in Textbook if you haven’t already.

LEARNING TARGETS:

• What topics and terms from class can be applied to this movie?

AGENDA:

• Start watching A Beautiful Mind – complete handout as you watch.
  • Miss watching A Beautiful Mind? – you can watch it on Amazon Prime earn class points if you complete handout as you watch.
• Discuss the film as a class.

ASSIGNMENTS:

• Exam Waiver Permission Slip - Please get signed and turned in to me if you do not want to have to come in on our designated exam day.

UPCOMING ASSIGNMENTS:

FOCUS/REVIEW QUESTION: At what point in the film did you come to realize what was real and what was not?

LEARNING TARGETS:

• When do you start to question the reality of John Nash's life?

AGENDA:

• Continue watching A Beautiful Mind – complete handout as you watch.
  • Miss watching A Beautiful Mind? – you can watch it on Amazon Prime earn class points if you complete handout as you watch.

ASSIGNMENTS:

• Exam Waiver Permission Slip - Please get signed and turned in to me if you do not want to have to come in on our designated exam day.

UPCOMING ASSIGNMENTS:

FOCUS/REVIEW QUESTION: Why was John Nash able to go so long without his schizophrenia being detected?

LEARNING TARGETS:

• What is accurate and what is not accurate about the portrayal of schizophrenia that is shown in this movie?

AGENDA:

• Finish watching A Beautiful Mind – complete handout as you watch.
• Turn in completed A Beautiful Mind handout after movie finishes!
• Meet the Real John Nash (60 Minutes Video Clip – 5 min.)
  • Quick Overview of John Nash (3 min)
  • How is son doing today?
• Meet the "Real" Dr. Rosen
• Discuss the film as a class.

ASSIGNMENTS:

• Exam Waiver Permission Slip - Please get signed and turned in to me if you do not want to have to come in on our designated exam day.
• Turn in Textbook if you haven’t already.

UPCOMING ASSIGNMENTS:

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